dave graham: he moved through the fair - the complete 1960 recordings

• 8 CDs housed in a beautiful clamshell box.
• Bringing together all his 1960s studio recordings plus demo and live recordings.
• With extensive sleeve note essay, original liner notes and a rare 2000 interview with Davy Graham.

The godfather of British acoustic guitar, Davy Graham has had a tremendous influence on guitarists from Martin Carthy, Bert Jansch, John Renbourn and Paul Simon to Jimmy Page, Graham Coxon and Bernard Butler. He studied music from India, the Middle East and North Africa to devise new tunings and ways of playing blues, jazz and English traditional music. One of his most enduring legacies is the DADGAD tuning. An absolutely original, creative musical giant, Davy thought about things in a different way and wasn't bound by any musical preconceptions.

This sumptuous 8CD set includes the seminal, and hugely influential, 1965 albums: ‘Folk, Blues & Beyond’ and ‘Folk Roots’, New Routes’, the latter recorded with Shirley Collins. Both albums served as important templates for Pentangle and Fairport Convention to develop English folk-rock.

The original version of ‘Anji’ from 1962 - Graham’s most well-known composition, recorded by Simon & Garfunkel, Bert Jansch and many others - appears alongside a stunning live performance. All in all, ‘He Moved Through The Fair’ provides a marvellous opportunity to focus attention on this remarkable musician.

David Michael Gordon Graham, guitarist, born 26 November 1940; died 15 December 2008.

TRACK LISTING

DISC ONE

The First Recordings and The GUITAR PLAYER
• Angi
• Davy’s Train Blues
• ¾ AD
• Worksong +*
• Saturday Night Shuffle +*
• Angi +*
• God Loves His Children, Brother +*
• Hey Bud Blues +*
• She Moved Through The Fair
• Mustapha
• Careless Love
• Hallelujah, I Love Her So
• Sunset Eyes
• Southbound Train
• Take Five
• Don’t Stop The Carnival
• Sermonette
• Take Five
• How Long, How Long Blues
• Sunset Eyes
• Cry Me A River
• The Ruby & The Pearl
• Buffalo
• Exodus
• Yellow Bird
• Blues For Betty
• Hallelujah, I Love Her So

DISC TWO

FOLK, BLUES & BEYOND…
• Leavin’ Blues
• Cocaine
• Sally Free And Easy
• Black Is The Colour Of My True Love’s Hair
• Rock Me Baby
• Seven Gypsies
• Ballad Of The Sad Young Men
• Moanin’
• Skillet
• Ain’t Nobody’s Business What I Do
• Maajun (A Taste of Tangier)
• I Can’t Keep From Cryin’ Sometimes
• Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright
• My Babe
• Goin’ Down Slow
• Better Git It In Your Soul

DISC THREE

FOLK ROOTS, NEW ROUTES
• Nottamun Town
• Proud Maisrie
• The Cherry Tree Carol
• Blue Monk
• Hares On The Mountain
• Reynardine
• Pretty Saro
• Rif Mountain
• Jane, Jane
• Love Is Pleasin’
• Boll Weevil, Holler
• Hori Horo
• Bad Girl
• Lord Gregory
• Grooveyard
• Dearest Dear

DISC FOUR

MIDNIGHT MAN plus
• No Preacher Blues
• The Fakir
• I’m Looking Thru’ You
• Hummingbird
• Watermelon Man
• Stormy Monday
• Money Honey
• Walkin’ The Dog
• Fire In My Soul
• Lost Lover Blues
• Neighbour, Neighbour
• Jubilation
• Rags And Old Iron
• Jelly Roll Baker
• Jubilation *
• Travelling Man *
• Sally Free & Easy *
• I’m Ready *
• Work Song *
• Rock Me *
• No Preacher Blues *
• The Preacher *
• Sweet Home Chicago *
• The Cat Came Back *

DISC FIVE

AFTER HOURS, Live at Hull University, 4th February 1967
• Work Song *
• Cocaine *
• Buhaina Chant *
• Grooveyard *
• Bourée In E Minor *
• Gavotte or Bourée from the D Minor Suite *
• How Long Blues *
• She Moved Thru’ The Bizarre / Blue Raga *
• Miserlou *
• Hey Bud Blues *
• Buffalo *
• Jubilation *
• Louisiana Blues
• Afro-Blue

DISC SIX

LARGE AS LIFE & TWICE AS NATURAL plus
• Both Sides Now
• Bad Boy Blues
• Tristano
• Babe, It Ain’t No Lie
• Bruton Town
• Sunshine Raga
• Freight Train Blues
• Jenra
• Electric Chair
• Good Morning Blues
• Beautiful City
• Blue Raga
• Better Git It In Your Soul *
• Neighbour, Neighbour *
• Panic Room Blues *
• Skillet Good & Greasy *
• Buhaina Chant *
• Money, Honey *
• Maajun *
• Miserlou *

DISC SEVEN

HAT plus
• Getting Better
• Lotus Blossom
• I’m Ready
• Buhaina Chant
• Homeward Bound
• Love Is Pleasing
• Hornpipe for Harpsichord Played Upon Guitar
• Down Along The Cove
• Hoochie Coochie Man
• Stan’s Guitar
• Pretty Polly
• Bulgarian Dance
• I Am A Rock
• Oliver
She Moved Through

DISC EIGHT

THE HOLLY KALEIDOSCOPE and GODINGTON BOUNDARY
• Flowers Never Bend With The Rainfall
• Wilt Thou Unkind
• Blackbird
• Blues At Gino's
• Since I Fell For You
• Sunny Moon For Two
• Fingerbuster
• Here, There And Everywhere
• Ramblin' Sailor
• Mary, Open The Door
• I Know My Love
• Charlie
• Bridge Over Troubled Water
• Little Man You've Had A Busy Day
• I’m A Freeborn Man (Of The Travelling People)
• The Preacher
• All Of Me
• Afta
• On Green Dolphin Street
• Dallas Rag
• ‘Round Midnight
• Work Song
• Joe Joe, The Cannibal Kid
• Everything’s Fine Right Now
• A Mighty Fortress Is Our God
• Mother Nature’s Son
• Grooveyard
• Forty Ton Parachute
* live recording
+* previously unreleased recording